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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
Washington Letter.

WASHINGTON, d. G., Jan. %, 1887.
The present week in Congress has
been devoted to miscellaneous ques-
tions. Various subjects have had at
tention, aud some of them have been
disposed of. Pensions have been
pushed in both ends of the Capitol,
Appropriation bills and the Agricul
tural Experiment Station bill have
been debated in the Senate; the sub
ject of the Centennial celebration has
come up; matters of local interest have
been presented, and Pacific Railroad
matters have commanded u cOnsidera
BILE portion of the time of the House.
The purpose of the House of Repre-.
sentatives in voting for AN inyestiga-
ton of tnis Pacific Railroad business
is not to prosecute Mr.. Stanford, the
president of these roads, who occupies
q seat in the u b Senate, passes upon
legislation for the county, and pro-
tects his own interests accordingly.
The Government has u large interest
in this railroad property aud it Is
duty of Congress to let the people
know what went with those two mil
lions that were spent some way. The
fact that the California Senator says it
went in the right way. that he does
not care to explain how, and that it is
not the business OF the public TO know,
is not satisfactory. The people are not
yet ready to accept bribery as an es-
tablished institution. They have
right to ask by what process the profits
of the road are diverted into the pock-
cts of private individuals. The an
swer has reference both to the Gov
tions, and the right of Mr.. Stanford,
one of the principal disbursers, to a
seat in the U. 8. Senate.
Said a friend of Senator Stanford
" An investigating committee will
never be able 10 get anything out of
Mr. Stanford. He keeps faith with
those who serve him. No Congress
man or ex- Congressman need be afraid
the Senator will divulge any transac.
tions he has had with them"
1t was in this connection that Sena-
tor Beck said, Give me man who
belongs to himself" He added that
he would rather see Roscoe Conkling
come to the Senate than any other
man from the State of New York,
because he could be coun ted on for ali
honest vote upon all questions, wheth
er relating to railroads or anything
else. " Morton and Miller both have
corporation interests" said Mr.. Beck
" Conkling has none, and though l
recognize the fact that he can harm
the Democracy more than any other
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
A WAR between France and Ge,

a WAR between France and Ger
many, Whlch now seems to be one OF
tne near possibilities, will be so dcs
perate and serious as to make well
"iShers Of those countries desire that
some means of sverting it be found
No man i'll Europe better understands
,Le vitality and spirit and resources
of the French people than Prince
Bismarck. He properly estimates the
strength shown after the wholesale
surrenders at Sedan and Metz, and
knows that France had never been
weaker in q military sense than when
she madly Precipitated the conflict
with Germany i'll 1870. France has
now real army, ample artillery and
cavalry, the burning desire to recover
Alsace and Lorraine, aud q vivid con-
ceptiOn of the awful consequences OF
another crushing defeat. such con-
sldei atiOns Will animate every French
mali capable of bearing arms, and.
knowing this, the iron statesman OF
Germany means to have the German
army as nearly overwhelming In mum
Ders and efficiency rs he aud Moltke
can make il. The German people are
not aggressive in military way, but
will be united for purposes of national
defense, aud Bismarck is with his
customary sagacity, arousiHg their
approximations rs to the peril of eyery
interest threatened by French attack.
Such being the temper of both na-
tions, the struggle, il it come, will be
bitter beyond precedent. aud neither
power can come out of it in cOndi.
uon less than exhaustion. TO France,
such reverses as she suffered before
would be nearly equivalent to blotling
her out of the list of respectable na,
tions, and she must fight for life itself
if this dreaded collision do happen,
The drift of opinion is that the war is
inevitable.-[ Ex.
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Alliance Badly Scorch e d .

The destructive fire at Alliance on
Wednesday morning of last week
started in Evans shoe store, situated
III the center of the finest block in the
city. The intense cold prevented the
department getting rapidly TO work,
and the il imes got q good start. Can
ton firemen were sent for, but lack of
transportation delayed their coming,
and the Alliance firefghters were well
nigh worn out when relief did arrive.
Seven business rooms were rendered
worthless. The losses fall OH Barr Il
60, druggists; Paul ]. Gaum, dry
goods; Shafer estate, building; s.
Koch, clothiers; A. q. Silver, boots
and shoes; Atwell Il Hair, building /;
Mrs. G.. E. Marchand, building; Nj.
Oppenheimer & Co, clothiers; Reit.
ers, millinery; Alliance Bank Co /;
Evans, boots and shoes; P. ID. Kep
linger, building; Wonders, photogra-
pher. and the occupants of offices and
household effects of roomers on the
upper floor At about 1880 Wednesday
night the flames broke out again, but
after an hour or more of hard work
were subdued. The theater was filled
at the time, and y panic almost eusued
at the cry of fire." The total loss
will approximate 500, 900, with S6O,O00
insurance.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27

TIE interstate commerce bill passed
the House Friday, by vote of 2l9
yeas to Al noes. 1t had previously
passed the Senate by a vote of 43 to
Is. This measure asserts the princi
pie that Congress has the power to
regulate commerce or traffic between
the States, and hence can require uni
form rates in transportation. 1t is
time something were done to protect
local traffic, and prevent it from being
compelled to pay several times higher
rates than longer or through traffic.
Passengers are sometimes compelled
to pay more for shorter distance than
others for much longer distance. 1t
is something to see Congress interven-
ing to protect and TO equalize.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27

ME-. ANDREW CARNEGIE, the Pitts
burg manufacturer, states that during
last year 1900 more tons of Bessemer
steel were produced in the United
States than in Great Britain; chat
more yards of carpet are made each
year in Philadelphia and the vicinity
than in all England, Wales and Scot
land; that the school libraries alone
in this country contaio Il, 600, 600 more
books than all the public libraries OF
Europe onbined; and that all the
State and city debts of tn U@too
added together, rating them according
to valuation of property do not amount
to one fifth of the city DEBT of Man
chester. England, or to one tenth OF
the debt of Birmingham.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27

The Senate, Monday, passed what
is known as the Retaliation bill, by
vote of 46 to /. The bill authorizes
the President, whenever he deems it
justifiable, to suspend commercial re-
lations with Canada, in whole or in
part. He can at any time issue a
proclamation forbidding the importa-
tion of any Canadian fish or fish pro.
ducts. or the entry of any vessel or
vessels from Canada. Though much
war talk was INDUCED in during the
debate on the bill in the Senate, it is
not thought any blood will be shed on
account of it, but that it will affect
the Canadian pockets in a way that
will cause change in the policy OF
that government toward our fisher
men.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
The Press for $3.50 a Year,
advance.
AT the latest advices no Senator had
been elected in Indiana or New Jersey.

AT the latest advices no Senator had
been elected in Indiana or New Jersey.
DURING the year 1886 American
mills have produced $4,000 tons OF
steel rails, valued ut $40. 600, ,0sO. The
prospect for 1887 is said to be better.
THE question of taxing bachelors is
again up in France. There are said
TO be nearly 10000 in Paris alone,
against 379 600 married men,
ZEpAKER, tho poet laureate, and
sweet singer of the Western 'Nse-ye.
is now a maniac, aud the managers OF
the Newburg asylum pronounce him
incurable.
ANY person who has his liquor ship
ned to him in Anderson and Laurens
counties, South Carolina, is liable TO
imprisonment for one year, and no
person can give friend drink IN mis-
house if it be near his place OF busi'
ness.
TT seems that the era of peace ana
rood will, as proclaimed by Mr.. Orady
in his recent speech has already dawn
aa i'm the South. The election of Hon
John M. Hewitt as Speaker OF the
Arkansas House of Representatives
ia an evidence of the fact. He is an
ex Union soldier, and was elected oy
the votes of ex Confederate soldiers
The bills granting pensions 10 the
widows of Gen. Logan and Gen. Franz
Blair. were defeated last week Tuesday
In the House committee ON lnvaiio
pensions. The vote of the committee
was strictly on party lines, the Demo
Gratis voting against and the Republi
cans for the bills. The majority of th'
committee opposes the bills on accoun
of reluctapce to the continuance o
the lolicy granting pensions TO via
ows of officers who did not die iron
iniuries received in the service.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
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Spies, Low e.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2l.-Spies, the anar
chist, says he regards marriage as an
empty iormality, and The refusal to
permit the ceremony will not change
his relati. ms with Miss Van Zindt
He believes in free love in eplritu
alistic form. Mrs. Van Zsndt says
she will not permit her daughter 10
live with Spies on any such TERMS
she would kill Nina first. The family
will probably go out of the city until
after the execution takes Llace. Inc
Van z .ndt family work great deai
among the poor, and In that way Do
came Interested in the anarchist.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
man in the Senate, he belongs to him.

man in the Senate, he belongs to him.
self"
1t is comforting to know that Hon.
3. s. Cox, who has been very sick !
man for the past two weeks, is now in |
fair way towards recovery. AT the
present time when Congress is daily
losing character, when the gualltica-
lions of Senators are to be found in
their pockets instead of their heads,
and when corporations are growing
bolder and bolder in their interfer-
ence with legislation, the services of
representative like Mr.. Cox, whose
integrity is invincible, and who is the
dread of the lobby. cannot be over es-
t.mated. People all over the country
write to Mr.. Cox about matters con-
nected with the administration of the
Government, During his illness his
mail matter had accumulated to such
formidable proportions that his pri-
vate secretary asked representatives
the popular Congressman known to
the people as generally as pDssi BILE.
Since then kilograms of sympathy
have been coming in place of business
letters.
The bill passed by the Senate grant
ing pensions of $1,000 year to the
widows of Generals Logan aud Blair
met with opposition in the Pension
| Of
ity of the committee are reluctant to
continue tie policy of granting high
pensions to the widows of officers who
did not die from injuries incurred in
the service. The only precedence for
such bills are in the cases of Admiral
Farragut, and Generals Hancock
Thomas and Grant. The majority OF
the committee think it would be In.
advisable to follow these precedents in
view of the fact that there are DOW
about one hundred surviving widows
of officers who would then be entitled
to pensions, who are now excluded by
the general law.
. When that sweeping pension bill
, was rushed through the House pro
! viding for dependent parents, an,
t soldiers and sailors who received NJ
injuries during their term of service
but are simply toe old or too feeble t
$ work, all reasonable people felt tha
: the matter had been overdone. If tn
9 Senate passes this bill also, the mex
step will be to pension every body W Ia
: ever had anything to do with any O
e the wars One-fourth of the nations
= revenue is already paid out in pen
sions. In round numbers eight hun
r dred millions have been taken out c
? the U. s. Treasury for this purpos
since the war. All the powers c
d Europe combined, with their immens
:, armies and frequent wars, do not pa
/, out as much for pensions as does tn
. United States.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27

THE following figures are taken
from the state School Commissioner
report Nunmer of youths of school
age in Ohio at the recent enumeration
was l ,l0l 1856; 4 year ago there were
,094 465. The number of school houses
erected during the year was S97, at a
cost of S7s9,747. The estimated value
of all school houses and grounds is
SIS, 467 ,O05. Number of pupils en-
rolled in the schools of the state is
775, ,l49.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
Death of MRS. voorhees,.

WAsInNaToN, Jan. 22.-Mrs. Anna
HardesLy Voorhees, died yesterday at
her home of acute peronltis, at five
O'Clock. Mrs Voorhees, bas been i'll
only since last Monday, but her con-
dition was alarming from the very
outset. so the family were not taken
by surprise, and were all with her at
the dissolution. The deceased was
born in Greencastle, Indiana, in 1882.
and was married to the Senator In that
place in ls49 She was devout and
sxsmnIary member of the Episcopal
Church, and i'll this city always at
tended st. Johns. The remains viii
be taken to Terre Haute, Indiana, this
morning, and there be buried in the
Woodland Cemetery.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27

TOLEDO, o., January "A The first
case in Ohio tried to test the local op
ton clause of the Dow law was deci
ded by Judge Pike today.
The saloon keepers of Waterville
asked the Court to enjOin the Trustees
of the town from enforcing that clause
OF the law. Today the Court declared
the law unconstitutional, and issued
the Injunction. The case will be ap
pealeu.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
New United states senators.
CALIFohNIA-George Hearst.

CALIFOkNIA-Geor Hearst.
lLLINOIa-Charles T. Farwell.
MINNESOTA-C. K. Davis.
MIssnURI-rhe Legislative Joint
Session re elected Senator Cockrell,
NEW YORK-Hon. Frank Hiscock
succeeds Senator Miller.
PENNsYLNANIA-H M. 8. Quay
succeeds senator Mitchell.
MICRIGAN-Hon. Francis Stock.
bridge succeeds Senator Congor.
CONNECTICUT-General Joseph R.
Hawley has been re elected.
NEVADA-Hon. VIM. M. Stewart
succeeds Senator Fair.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
Pinkerfon,s Guards

JERSEY CITY, Jan. 2l.-While q
party of boys were playing Thursday
near the yards of the Lackawanna
Railroad, u fight occurred between
them and the Pinkerton men, station
ed there to protect property. The boys
showered snow balls on the men and
were ordered to stop. They did not
obey, and the men fired, and Thomas
Hogan, aged 16, fell dead. Four men
were arrested by the police.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27

WHATEVER may be the effect OF the
Inter STATE commerce law on other
parts of the country, it will douhtless
benefit the South. In addition TO Its
great wealth of cotton.- that section is
rich i'm iron ore and coal. Production
is cheap, and cheap transportation mas
even given Southern n&inerals a mar
kat in the North, in competition with
the raw products of Pennsylvanla anu
Ohio The tendency of an Increase
ona0. o. spor5ation rates will be to trans,
Sar rnoannfacturipge g establishments from
H. North to the South, where they
viii Lave the advantage of cheaper
ore and cheap fuel. Tennessee and
Alabama, especially, may expect their
a,',ns from this legislation to more
+ An compensate their losses.-lCin.
Timhs-Star.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
OHIO proposes to have a sta.e con

tennisl all to itself in 1885, In 1888
the first settlement was made ON it's
territory at the confluence of the
suskingum and Ohio rivers. One of
leaders in the movement thus
ooHnt- -arizes the object and character
Exposition I'm the new
The Pouirounds We propose to gath
tion. after panial exhibition of Ohio's
late exhibition first century, as exem-
ly large, will pasneer life, and we will
premiums awardarogress and the inn
well satisfied, as itin all industrial and
was anticipated, 8. Our exhibition
After all existence storical, progress
the Mantua Gazette ILLUSTRATIVE OF
The publisher has made spwth in the
and deserved be etter suppddest State,
reached the conclusion that d see the
less to try to make paper Ii
flourish with neither paying sui
srs or advertisers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27

SENATOR (elecD DAVIS, of Minnes-
ota. is not Republican on the lead'ng
and most important principle repre-
scented by that party. On the contfa.
nv, he is tariff reformer OF the most
pronounced persuasion, ana on tnis
question, at least, is Liable TO MAKE
+ mself useful from the Democratic
stand Ex.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27

The silver producing sections have
not so much 10 fear in the demoneti-
zation of silver as the farming sections.
The demand for silver in the arts will
be sufficient to make its mining profit
able The Silver Dollar
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
STATIONS. .NO. l. \

=, INJECTIONS at Gallery Junction with North
ern Division Trains:
No and c for Bufler
.. s. for r;rtier aud EoSburg.
9 gets eondection from FOxburg and
Bnller
Through sleeping Car between Allegheny
and Chicago on Noe ! and O. daily.
through Day Uoach between Allegheny and
ToJedo on Nos and daily, except Sn adav.
O.. A 4 C. Night Express leaves OrrVllle.
union Depot. at 1927 p N daily, with
Throu Oh Day Coaches and Sleeping Car Tor
(olambus and Cincinnats-
THOS. M. KING,
General Manager.
O, w. BAssETT.
General Passenger Agent;
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27

ITCH AND SCRATCHES of every kind
SANITARY LOTION. Use no other.
This never fails. Sold by Belding 4
Gibbons, Druggists. Ravenna, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27

GOLD has not fixed value any NOR.
than silver; both are more or less elias
tic, out the record of the ages shows
silver 10 be the more steady standard,
while it requires both TO satisfy man
kind,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27
x,,o~v.u wvek Deseatea

LINCOLN, NEB.. Jan. 22.-After an
all night session last night, at $3.50 this
mornir z the full Republican caucus
unanimously nominated A. :: Fad
dock to succeed Charles h. Wyck
There were nipety-five members pres
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-01-27

CincinnA ;,+,oant of Fassett the
Cnicaso ......:::e of Youngstown, as Labor
of this State, by Gov.
--sipg with most unfa-
STATIONS. sNO. L. NO. H. lone by politi-
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1887-12-29

Vim de BourgogneA $1.25 legal
Iona la Compagnie des wins de 10
.Oalifornie--of6ce 3 Minneapolis
253-255.-2e ,Es
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I~ncorporee SOUS Tau
tOrite de la loi
de 1874.


Banque d'6pargnes mutuelles, admins
tree suivant les meilleurs princlpes recon
nus sous Ia garantled DIES l0ls les plus stric-
tes ct les plus conservatives.
LA BANQUE est ouverte do 8 j. AN.
a 5 h.P. N. ct le samedi depuis 9h. AN.
ash. .du soir.
Cette Danque pale un nteret au taux
de cling par cent. L'argent dGpose dams les
;rois prcmiers jours du mois porte 1nt6ret
du premier du mois. Les depots fats
apres lie tIoisieme jours portent inherit
dn premier jour du mois suivant.
L'a1gent peut etre retire en- tout temps,
inais dot demeurer .trois mois 4 Ia Banque
pour porter interet. "A la fin. du troisie-
me mois, vous avez trols moiss d'interet,
d Ia fin du luatrieme mois, quatre mois
d'interet; q Ia fin du cinqnieme mois,
cinu mois, ct ainsi de suite, aussi long
temps que votre argent demeure dams Ia
Banque.
Vous n'avez pasa rensuveler YES de-
pots tous les trois on six mois, CONNIE
dams les autres banques. Les premiers
de chaque janvier ct Juliet, nous svous
faisons IN etat de vos interets, soft que
vous veniez q Ia Banque gu non, ct ces
interetss portent interet de meme qu'un
t6pot. Nous vous continuous ce privi.
lege pendant vingt ans, 81 le compile nest
pas retire.
Cette Banaue ne transige aueune atfai-
re commercials, ne prete aucun argent
sur billet sans garantie, ct ne prend au.
Guns risqGes ulels qu'ns soient.
Vous n'etes pas tenu de donner avis
.quand vous desirez retirer notre argent.
La loi dome a la Banque le privilege
i'exiger soixante jours davis, mails de-
puts pres de dix ans, ellie ma jamais de.
mand6 une minute de delai.
Toutesr vos afalres avec la Banque SOM
+privees ct conidentlelles. Personne au-
ire que vous ne pe,1t retirer votre argent,
i moins qu'elle ne soft autorisee q ie
faire.
La confiance du public dams cette Ban
que est evidente, pleinement 6tablie par
e fat que les depots qu'on lul confi6s
Sc chiffrent aujourd'hui q Ia somme 5e
UN MILLION QUATRE CENT MILE
.PIASTRES. Ellie est la banque d'6par-
gnes la plus considerable 4 pOuest de
Cleveland.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1887-12-29

MlNNEAPoL1s, ST. PAUL 4 TAYLoR's FALLS.
Daily except Sunday,
Ly Min'po'4 4.05 pm Ar Min'po's9.16am
Pal Art Falls lvTF Falls ArSt Pal
4.3o pm 7.15 pm $40 pm 8 56pm